Jeppe Gertsen (born 9 February 1997) is a Danish professional
footballer
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Danish 1st Division
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club
FC Fredericia
Fodbold Club Fredericia af 1991 (, simply known as FC Fredericia), is a professional association football club based in the town of Fredericia, Denmark, that competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league syst ...
.
Club career
Youth years
Born in
Aarhus
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, Gertsen started out in the youth team of AGF before joining
Silkeborg IF
Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...
in 2009, initially with the under-13 team. He gradually ascended up the ranks during his teenage years, while simultaneously studying at Silkeborg Gymnasium, which he completed in 2017. In the summer of 2015, while a part of the under-19 squad, his contract was extended for three more years. It also was around this time that he started training with the first team on occasion. He appeared on the substitution bench for the senior squad a total of eight times during the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons.
Professional career
Gertsen made his first-team debut on 19 September 2017, playing the full 90 minutes of a second-round Danish Cup match against
Kjellerup
Kjellerup is a Danish town with a population of 5,223 (1 January 2023).Superliga debut on 10 December 2017, replacing
Davit Skhirtladze
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Club career
Sk ...
in the final minutes of a 2–1 victory over Odense. The next month, Silkeborg signed him to a three-year contract extension, securing him until the summer of 2021.
On 28 January 2021, Gertsen signed a pre-contract with
FC Fredericia
Fodbold Club Fredericia af 1991 (, simply known as FC Fredericia), is a professional association football club based in the town of Fredericia, Denmark, that competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league syst ...